Chapter Three

DC: I don't own Harry Potter

Lily opened the doors to the Hospital Wing. Her old sweaters were lying neatly folded on an empty bed. The three boys were all sitting on one bed, eating a bowl of soup. Sirius was first to notice Lily.

"Mum we're eating! The Good Doctor gave us clothes too!" He said, holding his spoon up.

Lily noticed they were wearing some pajamas and shoes. Remus also had little socks on, and James's glasses looked much more fit on him. She wondered where Madame Pomfrey had gotten the pajamas, for even she had them when Lily herself turned little, and why they were calling her the Good Doctor.

"I can see that, Sirius." Lily said, gathering her sweaters. "Please don't hold your spoon up so high, you might spill something."

"Okie!" Sirius said, continuing on with his soup.

Remus was done first. He hopped off the bed, set his bowl on the nightstand, and went to Lily. He grabbed her hand, and led her back to the bed. "I learned their names while you were gone." He whispered. Lily had to bend down to hear him. "This is James, and Sirius."

"I know that, and your name is Remus." Lily said, patting his head. "Why are you whispering?"

"I don't want to disturbed the peaces." Remus answered still whispering.

"I don't know what the peaces are, so I can't says anything." James said.

"Me either." Sirius replied, finishing the last of his soup.

Lily laughed. Madame Pomfrey came out of her office, and Lily straightened up. She told her what Dumbledore had said. Pomfrey shook her head, out of worry not disappointment, and went back into her office. A few minutes later she came back with a bunch of little things.

"Here is a starter pack." Madame Pomfrey said, handing the things to Lily. It was full of medical herbs and potions, bandages, and other little things. With it came a couple of knuts, sickles, and galleons.

"Thank you." Lily said.

"If you don't mind, I'd rather the three of them get their potions done now." Madame Pomfrey said. "I don't want them catching chicken pox or anything."

Lily remembered the three days she and James had together stuck in the Hospital Wing, because Lily hadn't taken her potion. She nodded, and Madame Pomfrey went back into her office.

"What's the Good Doctor doing?" Remus asked in a whisper.

"She getting something for you three." Lily said, setting the things down next to the sweaters. She was preparing to shrink them.

"Why?" James asked.

"Because I don't want you three to get really sick." Lily said.

James scrunched his face up. He didn't like the sound of that. Sirius set their bowls on the nightstand, like Remus had, and waited for Madame Pomfrey to come back out. When she did she carried little cups, and vials full of potions. The three of them hid behind Lily. They were scared of the cups.

"Is it poison?" Sirius asked.

"Do we have to pee in it?" James asked.

"Mommy is the Good Doctor really good?" Remus whispered.

Lily took a step aside, as Madame Pomfrey gave the three boys a cup of potions. After a few seconds of telling them they had to take it, and giving reasons, the boys took it. They gagged afterwards, Sirius being a little overdramatic by holding his neck, but they lived.

Lily thanked Madame Pomfrey again, and the three were soon off to the closest fireplace they could find. Lily realized she could floo to the Leaky Cauldron, and they could take a little walk to her own apartment. This was also a good time to teach the boys how to floo.

"Alright, lesson number one of basic Wizard transportation." Lily instructed, gathering the boys around her. "Listen closely."

The boys nodded their heads, and Lily pulled out her wand. She flicked it, saying the words of magic in her head so they couldn't learn the words, and they watched as fire spit out of her wand. The boys were wide eyed. They had never known their 'mother' could do such things as make fire. Lily took a little floo powder off the fireplace mantle, and showed them to the boys.

"Okay. This is step one of basic transportation. It's called flooing."

"Flooing?" Sirius repeated.

"Yes flooing." Lily said. "Now watch closely." Lily took the floo powder and threw it into the fire. It turned green, and made the three boys jump back. Remus hid his face with his hands. Lily laughed, and made the boys step from behind her.

"No, no. It won't hurt you." Lily said. Making Remus pull his hands away from his face. "See?"

She stuck her hand into the green flames, and the boys saw that it didn't come back burned, or their mother didn't scream out in pain. They watched as she stepped inside. She beckoned them to follow.

"The next step is to say the name of your destination clearly." She instructed. The boys nodded, and stuck close to her.

Lily cleared her throat, and hopped the Leaky Cauldrons fireplace was big enough for all of them to fit through. "The Leaky Cauldron!" She said clearly.

They were gone with a swirl. A few moments later James was falling out of the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron. Sirius and Remus wobbled out after him, almost tripping on the poor boy, and Lily came out after.

"Well if it isn't Miss Evans."

Lily looked up to see Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, smiling and cleaning a cup. Lily smiled, and waved. "Good evening Tom."

He looked down at the three dusty boys, and gave them a gesture with his elbow. "Nephews of yours?"

Lily thought quickly. Not everyone knew she had a sister, who was just engaged, but she could just lie and said they were. They weren't her sons, or at least not in anyone's but the boys' minds. She nodded. "Yes they are. And I think we ought to be getting home for a quick bath, then bed."

Tom nodded, bidding her good night. Lily got the boys up, and went outside. She sighed. It seemed the rain had finally caught up in London from Scotland. Making sure no muggle saw her, she put a spell on them to repel the water away, and they continued on.

They made it to her house, not extremely wet, and went inside. Lily turned on the lights, and relaxed just a little. Sirius, James, and Remus started to wander around, but Lily caught them. "It's time for a little bath."

"But I don't want to!" Sirius protested. This was just great. Sirius didn't like baths.

"I suppose…" Remus said, sadly. Remus didn't look to mind, or at least Lily hopped he hadn't.

"Yay!" James said, hopping up and down. Lily was surprised. Little James Potter liked baths?

She took them into the bathroom. Stripping off their pajamas, she sent them into the bathtub. It took a few seconds to get Sirius settled between the boys. She dreaded the moment, as soon as she thought of it, of giving them baths, but she couldn't simply let them do that on their own. The tub would overflow, or they'd make a big watery mess. She knew the Marauders all too well. She'd just have to give them baths until they come of age again.

She washed their hair, getting all the dust and soot from their heads, and their faces. Those were the two main places at the time, hair and face, so she just rinsed the other places off quickly.

She handed them towels, noticing soon that she would need to launder more soon, and went to her care package from Madame Pomfrey. She luckily gave her an extra three pairs of pajamas. She dressed them, made sure they didn't have to use the bathroom, and went into the spare bedroom. The boys followed her.

"Well," Lily said looking at the big bed in the corner. "The three of you will have to share a bed tonight."

"Okie!" Sirius said, hoping onto it. James and Remus followed suit. Sirius was next to the wall, Remus was in the middle, and James was at the opposite end.

Lily went into the closet and found some extra blankets and pillows to cover them up with. They got covered up, and comfortable. She shut the blinds to the window, making the room just a little darker, and took James's glasses off his face. She told him where she was putting them, which was a little stand across the room.

After she gave them a hugs and little kisses goodnight, she shut the door, and went out into the hallway. She sighed. Already it was a lot of work and she was extremely tired. It was only eight-thirty and she was getting ready to head for bed.

She went back into the bathroom. She took a wet towel, and mopped up the floor. They made only a little mess, and she hoped to keep it that way. After that she went into her own bedroom, and got dressed for bed herself.

She set Roy and Royeta next to her, and covered up. The day was very eventful for her, and she just needed a good nights sleep to let herself absorb it all in.

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Woooo It's been awhile! Lala Rue here!

So how is everyone? I haven't done my homework, I accidently left it at school...I didn't mean to, honest!

Mr. Sawyer will kill me though...

Oh well. Enough of my little tirade. I am on chapter five, and I seem to be stuck...if I have told you this before, I seem to be stuck...still.

So I need to do something productive to get me wanting to type again. I wonder how many chapters this story will have? Little Lily had I think 23 or 24. Not sure.

Well, I'll update soon if I can get some reviews!

Love, Lala Rue!

(PS: And everyone seems to love Remus! So do I. LoL.)